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[quote=Anonymous]I am confused by your contract requirements.  It sounds like four weeks notice are required and she gets two weeks, one of which has to be planned around your vacation?  If that is the case, the answer can pretty simply be no, or at least that the second week that doesn't overlap with your vacation is not feasible or must be unpaid depending on what the agreement is.

In most work places, vacation time is a request, not a demand, and even if it is there for you to use, you still need to clear it with your boss and team before you just take it.  That's not spelled out in my terms of work anywhere (MB, not a nanny), but it is understood among my team that before any vacation is planned, we clear it with each other, confirm there are no conflicts in the calendar, and accommodate each other so that someone is there to cover the work.  So it's reasonable to say to your nanny, this doesn't work and it's not what we discussed.  Here are some options I can make work instead.

There are two things about your post though that jump out at me - one that falls on your nanny and one that falls on you.

The first is that you say you don't think she's ever read your contract.  It's unclear if that is because she just didn't or if there is a language barrier or for some other reason, but whatever the reason, you have some obligation to go through the terms and your expectations with her and ensure she understands them.  We update our nanny's contract annually and run through the terms together, at the same time we do a mini-review and give her a small raise - all to ensure we're all on the same page as to our expectations.

The second is that you say you explained your situation to your nanny many times and she is disregarding your requests.  I sort of agree with a PP that if that is really the case, this is the beginning of the end.  Any good work relationship is built on mutual trust and understanding and accommodation.  Ideally, she works with you on stuff like this and you work with her too when she needs to come in late or leave early or whatever, and it goes both ways.  It's hard to imagine (assuming she understood what you were saying to her about your vacation situation post maternity leave), that she thinks this request is going to be okay with you - and the fact that it's for a random planned vacation and not a family emergency/wedding/something out of her control suggests she doesn't care.  I'd have an honest conversation with her about this, but the reality is, I think no matter how this is resolved, you are going to end up needing a new nanny soon.[/quote]

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